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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1868
Page
2
A 1865-era analysis argues democracy is the cheapest form of government when well run but requires taxation and public spending. It notes rising postwar costs, debt, and pensions, urging careful retrenchment and bold congressional action to avoid extravagance while preserving the union.
Awavan disease reported across Ohio with Hocking County farmers losing fifteen to twenty hogs daily. The illness is described as throat related and also affects turkeys in some areas.
Reporter G. D. E. describes eastern impressions of Ohio mid sized towns, noting front rooms and labyrinthine private houses built of logs and frame, with outside chimneys in farmhouses, and sparse barns. He compares Buckeye town planning to New England norms and previews shifting spatial design along the Zanesville road.
In January session at Providence the Senate passed town clerk bond requirements and a militia funding bill. The Senate accepted Chief Justice Bradley’s resignation. the House adopted a no-interest policy on state bonds after April 1, 1868. Resolutions honored Benjamin Price. Bristol Iron Foundry petitioned. duties of the State Auditor and General Treasurer discussed.
In the United States Senate on the 14th, Rhode Island officers received promotions. Charles A. Rossander, formerly Lieutenant in the Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, becomes 2d Lieutenant in the 6th Cavalry. Captain Zenas R. Bliss of Rhode Island is promoted to Major in the 39th Infantry. Captain Jeremiah Vonahan, late Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, is breveted Major for gallant and meritorious services, date from March 18, 1865.
Reverend L B Hatch who formerly preached at the First Baptist Church in this town has accepted a call to become pastor of the Baptist Church and Society in Edgartown Massachusetts. His salary is to be 1006 dollars per year.
The Nail Mill Rolling Mill and Cooper Shop in Fall River have halted operations for the present due to a shortage of stock.
The Philadelphia Board of Health examined samples from several pork offerings in the city and found all to be adulterated with tricks or counterfeit contents.
A Philadelphia Bulletin correspondent from Jacksonville describes vast game and fish: flocks of ducks on the river, deer swimming past, mullet leaping into night fishing boats, and a New Hampshire observer noting strong Republican gains and a Grant election outlook. Also reports shipboard ducks, a river mine drowning scare, a San Francisco plow invention, and U S note redemption rules.
A sensational report flags a highway robbery in Cleveland conducted by two young females. The item lists various global and domestic notes from politics to curiosities, including tea imports in England and a church cornerstone in Australia.
A Grand Rapids report notes a house on runners passed through with a stove bed and furniture bound for a location one hundred miles north into pine woods. Texas and Kansas are building a large mutual traffic benefiting both regions.
The piece advises only advertising items worth buying and selling at fair prices. It notes merchants and dealers follow this rule, suggesting that consulting newspapers shows how this principle guides their ads. The text emphasizes not to advertise unless there is a fair value and desire to sell.
One of the region's large cattle firms reports sending an average of seven hundred fifty beef cattle each week to the New York market, reflecting strong demand and steady supply from Central Illinois.
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